That is a relatively recent development though - I think only about a year. I hope it is being used to incentivize publishers to fix their shit before release,

That is a relatively recent development though - I think only about a year. I hope it is being used to incentivize publishers to fix their shit before release, rather than dumping buggy, broken, incomplete trash on their captive pre-orders. Most of my Steam orders are sale items, so my calculus is that it really only has to give me as much enjoyment as the equally costly big coffee at Starbucks for it to be worthwhile, and that's a low bar.